Methods for assessing reliability of a utility company's power system
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1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining at least one main overview display;
displaying violation markers on the at least one main overview display;
updating a monitored elements tab with a list of monitored elements; and
generating at least one user interface comprising information indicating locations and amounts of volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available in a power generating system, wherein;
for generation units of the power generating system, a first injection reactive reserve of a generation unit is a first mega VAR (MVAR) maximum of the generation unit minus a first MVAR output of the generation unit, and a first absorption reactive reserve of the generation unit is the first MVAR output of the generation unit minus a first MVAR minimum of the generation unit,for capacitor banks of the power generating system, a second injection reactive reserve of a capacitor bank is a first summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are open or disconnected, and a second absorption reactive reserve of the capacitor bank is a second summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are closed,for reactor banks of the power generating system, a third injection reactive reserve of a reactor bank is a third summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are closed, and a third absorption reactive reserve of the reactor bank is a fourth summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are open or disconnected, andfor static VAR systems of the power generating system, a fourth injection reactive reserve of a static VAR system is a second MVAR output of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR minimum of the static VAR system, and a fourth absorption reactive reserve of the static VAR system is a second MVAR maximum of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR output of the static VAR system.
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Abstract
Methods are provided for assessing reliability of a power system of a utility company. At least one main overview display is obtained. Violation markers are displayed on the one main overview display. A monitored elements tab is updated with a list of monitored elements.
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining at least one main overview display; displaying violation markers on the at least one main overview display; updating a monitored elements tab with a list of monitored elements; and generating at least one user interface comprising information indicating locations and amounts of volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available in a power generating system, wherein; for generation units of the power generating system, a first injection reactive reserve of a generation unit is a first mega VAR (MVAR) maximum of the generation unit minus a first MVAR output of the generation unit, and a first absorption reactive reserve of the generation unit is the first MVAR output of the generation unit minus a first MVAR minimum of the generation unit, for capacitor banks of the power generating system, a second injection reactive reserve of a capacitor bank is a first summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are open or disconnected, and a second absorption reactive reserve of the capacitor bank is a second summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are closed, for reactor banks of the power generating system, a third injection reactive reserve of a reactor bank is a third summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are closed, and a third absorption reactive reserve of the reactor bank is a fourth summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are open or disconnected, and for static VAR systems of the power generating system, a fourth injection reactive reserve of a static VAR system is a second MVAR output of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR minimum of the static VAR system, and a fourth absorption reactive reserve of the static VAR system is a second MVAR maximum of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR output of the static VAR system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An energy management apparatus, comprising:
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a control device comprising at least one main overview display that displays violation markers on the at least one main overview display, and updates a monitored elements tab with a list of monitored elements; and at least one user interface that is generated comprising information indicating locations and amounts of volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available in an energy generation system according to conditions, comprising; for generation units of the energy generation system, a first injection reactive reserve of a generation unit is a first mega VAR (MVAR) maximum of the generation unit minus a first MVAR output of the generation unit, and a first absorption reactive reserve of the generation unit is the first MVAR output of the generation unit minus a first MVAR minimum of the generation unit, for capacitor banks of the energy generation system, a second injection reactive reserve of a capacitor bank is a first summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are open or disconnected, and a second absorption reactive reserve of the capacitor bank is a second summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are closed, for reactor banks of the energy generation system, a third injection reactive reserve of a reactor bank is a third summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are closed, and a third absorption reactive reserve of the reactor bank is a fourth summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are open or disconnected, and for static VAR systems of the energy generation system, a fourth injection reactive reserve of a static VAR system is a second MVAR output of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR minimum of the static VAR system, and a fourth absorption reactive reserve of the static VAR system is a second MVAR maximum of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR output of the static VAR system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable components; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of the executable components to perform operations, comprising; obtaining at least one main overview display; displaying violation markers on the at least one main overview display; updating a monitored elements tab with a list of monitored elements; and generating at least one user interface comprising information indicating locations and amounts of volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available in a power grid according the following criteria; for generation units of the power grid, a first injection reactive reserve of a generation unit is a first mega VAR (MVAR) maximum of the generation unit minus a first MVAR output of the generation unit, and a first absorption reactive reserve of the generation unit is the first MVAR output of the generation unit minus a first MVAR minimum of the generation unit, for capacitor banks of the power grid, a second injection reactive reserve of a capacitor bank is a first summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are open or disconnected, and a second absorption reactive reserve of the capacitor bank is a second summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the capacitor bank that are closed, for reactor banks of the power grid, a third injection reactive reserve of a reactor bank is a third summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are closed, and a third absorption reactive reserve of the reactor bank is a fourth summation of nominal MVAR of capacitors of the reactor bank that are open or disconnected, and for static VAR systems of the power grid, a fourth injection reactive reserve of a static VAR system is a second MVAR output of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR minimum of the static VAR system, and a fourth absorption reactive reserve of the static VAR system is a second MVAR maximum of the static VAR system minus a second MVAR output of the static VAR system. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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